Cruise-Only Travel Agency business. Business Overview The cruise industry, with sales of $8 billion per year, estimates that only 7 percent of Americans have ever cruised. Which leaves a grand 93 percent who are expected to cruise soon. In anticipation, the industry is gearing up for an immediate 55 percent increase in ships and passenger capacity. If you love the siren song of the sea and the romance of cruising, then a cruise-only travel agency might be just the business...

Dry Cleaning Delivery business. Make people's lives a little easier by delivering their dry cleaning. Business Overview Here's the problem: You've got half a dozen good suits to wear to the office. Five are lying dirty at the bottom of your laundry hamper, and you've just dribbled mustard all down the front of the sixth. If only there were time to run out to the dry cleaner and then more time to pick up the suits afterward. The solution: a dry-cleaning pickup and delivery...

Executive Recruiter business. Match execs with the companies who want them most. Business Overview If you've got sales and people skills in big supply, then this could be the business for you. As an executive recruiter, you'll match job candidates with potential corporate employers. Sometimes you'll start with an executive looking for a new position; on other occasions a company with a slot to fill will initiate the search. While an employment agency generally works with...

Errand Service business. Help busy people get through the day by providing an errand service. Business Overview Let's face it; today's busy lifestyles mean that a lot working people just don't have time for even the simplest of errands, such as taking the family pet to the veterinarian for a routine checkup, buying Aunt Sue a birthday present, or picking up the kids after school. Which is great news if you're a multitasker looking to start your own simple, inexpensive, yet...

Employee Trainer business. Help whip a business into shape by becoming an employee trainer. Business Overview If you're a born teacher and motivator, then you'll get inspired as an employee trainer. You'll give specialized sessions on your area of expertise, which can be anything from language or math skills to getting the most from company employees or their customers through leadership, self-motivation or sales motivation. This is a hot new field, and growing hotter. The...

Freelance Bartender business. Need some part-time cash? Become a freelance bartender. Business Overview Hiring your bartending skills out on weekends, evenings, and even on a full-time basis is a great way to earn a terrific living, or just some spare cash to help cover living expenses, depending on your needs. You can market your services as a freelance bartender to catering companies, event and wedding planners, banquet halls, hotels, and pubs for relief duties, earning up to...

Direct-Mail Service business. Help businesses get their message across by providing a direct-mail service. Business Overview With a direct-mail coupon service, you'll sell local businesses on placing coupon ads in your publications, then mail them out to local residents. Everybody benefits, including you! With the new plethora of small businesses these days, direct-mail couponing is positioned for success. Entrepreneurs can advertise in a medium where results can be measured...

Fabric Restoration business. Are you great at cleaning and mending? Try out fabric restoration. Business Overview Fabric restoration is big business for both residential and commercial applications, mainly because, if you stop to think about it, fabric covers just about everything in the home and office. Working from a well-equipped van on a mobile basis, you can repair and restore torn, cracked, faded, stained and burned fabrics like leather, suede, vinyl, cloth, plastic,...

Freelance Photography business. Love to take photos? Freelance your expertise. Business Overview There are two very good reasons why the internet has breathed new life into the freelance photography industry. First, using e-mail, it is now very easy to send pictures to publishers, editors, copywriters, marketers and designers all around the globe in a matter of moments. Second, billions of photographic images are needed to fill the now more than four billion (and climbing) web...

Copywriter business. Business Overview The written word makes the world go round. It's what businesses, associations and organizations of every description use to entice, inveigle and educate their target audiences, potential customers and existing clients. The problem is that most people view any sort of writing assignment with dread. But if you're a word wizard -- you thrive on the creative challenge that goes with turning out clever, compelling and concise copy on just...